I like iPad way better then iSlate but you'd think they could come up with something better. Dropping the i from a product every once and a while isn't a bad thing.
Congratulations, Thrax. You completely shattered my inflated image of the iPad. I was all excited and was starting to allocate resources to purchase my own iPad on launch day, but you completely drowned all of my glorious dreams of relaxing on my couch and having fun browsing the internet with my fingertips while listening to streaming internet radio. You monster. I hope you're proud of yourself.
It strikes me as disingenuous that you strike it down by comparing it to the Kindle, the iPod Touch, the Blackberry Bold, <strong>and</strong> tablet computing by pointing out how it isn't as good as each niche product, ignoring that it's the only thing in all those niches at once.
Congratulations, Thrax. You completely shattered my inflated image of the iPad. I was all excited and was starting to allocate resources to purchase my own iPad on launch day, but you completely drowned all of my glorious dreams of relaxing on my couch and having fun browsing the internet with my fingertips while listening to streaming internet radio. You monster. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Screw Thrax, be excited, life's more fun without his voice in your ear
It strikes me as disingenuous that you strike it down by comparing it to the Kindle, the iPod Touch, the Blackberry Bold, and tablet computing by pointing out how it isn't as good as each niche product, ignoring that it's the only thing in all those niches at once.
True, but if it sucks at being all of the above, then who cares?
It strikes me as disingenuous that you strike it down by comparing it to the Kindle, the iPod Touch, the Blackberry Bold, <strong>and</strong> tablet computing by pointing out how it isn't as good as each niche product, ignoring that it's the only thing in all those niches at once.
And yet it fails to offer the very basic amenities which are considered standard for all of them. Hmm.
Okay, hyperbole and ridiculous claims about the internet without important things like like Flash support aside. Tell me this isn't a compelling looking product.
In my opinion, despite it's flaws, what you get with the iPad over any of those other devices Thrax is a very polished and refined complete package that no other vendor is offering. It's a but unfair to say that it doesn't live up to an iPod Touch, but it's clearly different from a Kindle and a Blackberry, I don't think that's a fair comparison. I agree, some people will choose this over an ebook reader but I don't think this will replace anyone's Blackberry Bold or vice-versa. I think the valid comparison is against netbooks, and yes, you're paying more for a iPad then a netbook. But the interface, experience and partnerships (like the iBook store) is what you're paying extra for. It's really too soon to call it on any of this stuff until we get our hands on it but I'd be willing to put money on this being a much better experience then any other netbook on the market, especially any other first gen devices.
It's not perfect, no, but it's legitimate to pay extra for a polished experience in my opinion. But that's always been what you pay the Apple tax for.
You get a refined and "polished" experience that does all its many tasks with less robustness than things currently on the market.
The iPod succeeded because it did music better than anything else. The iPhone succeeded because it did smartphones better than anything else. Now we come to the iPad which doesn't do tablets better than other tablets, reading better than other ereaders or browsing better than many <I>phones.</i> What, exactly, then is so polished?
I guess we'll have to see when it comes out, but despite your opinions I'm willing to bet that it outsells any other netbook on the market, that's just my guess though
Of course it'll outsell anything else - it's already got an army salivating for it.
Know what netbooks can do? Surf the internet and chat with friends at the same time. Know what lots of netbooks have? Cameras for video chat. Know what the iPad can't do? Any advanced functionality at all. Ooh, you can use a bluetooth keyboard! But you can't plug in a USB one without your special adapter. And good luck plugging in a flash drive, too. I can't wait to see the first picture of somebody hooking up a USB hub to the dock adapter.
I cannot logically conclude that this product serves ANY niche admirably.
I will cut through the taglines and frenzy to ask the simple question:
What exactly is the point of this device?
This question right here sums up everything about the iPad perfectly. Sadly, I don't have an answer.
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KwitkoSheriff of Banning (Retired)By the thing near the stuffIcrontian
edited January 2010
The point of this device is to milk fanboys until their wallets are dry, to show the world it's possible to make an enormous iPod Touch, and to prove that Apple has run out of innovative ideas and is stretching the iPhone form factor to its breaking point. I cannot find a single new idea presented in the iSanitaryNapkin.
Hi,
it's bad to write about devices you don't know...
I am actually writing this AND listening to my music simultaneously
on my iPhone
I don't see why the iPad couldn't do the same.
If you'd read, you'd notice that he didn't say you couldn't listen to music and use the web; he said you couldn't listen to streaming music and do something else at the same time. Using the web browser to stream music and an iChat client to talk to friends? Can't do both at the same time. Can't read a document. Can't check your calendar. Can't, can't, can't.
Thrax
🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
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Sorry to be a sharing a link, but that very concept inspired me to write the post before the "presentation" ended.
Man, that name is horrible.
I can't believe the tablet doesn't do multitasking. What a complete and total failure.
Screw Thrax, be excited, life's more fun without his voice in your ear
True, but if it sucks at being all of the above, then who cares?
And yet it fails to offer the very basic amenities which are considered standard for all of them. Hmm.
In my opinion, despite it's flaws, what you get with the iPad over any of those other devices Thrax is a very polished and refined complete package that no other vendor is offering. It's a but unfair to say that it doesn't live up to an iPod Touch, but it's clearly different from a Kindle and a Blackberry, I don't think that's a fair comparison. I agree, some people will choose this over an ebook reader but I don't think this will replace anyone's Blackberry Bold or vice-versa. I think the valid comparison is against netbooks, and yes, you're paying more for a iPad then a netbook. But the interface, experience and partnerships (like the iBook store) is what you're paying extra for. It's really too soon to call it on any of this stuff until we get our hands on it but I'd be willing to put money on this being a much better experience then any other netbook on the market, especially any other first gen devices.
It's not perfect, no, but it's legitimate to pay extra for a polished experience in my opinion. But that's always been what you pay the Apple tax for.
The iPod succeeded because it did music better than anything else. The iPhone succeeded because it did smartphones better than anything else. Now we come to the iPad which doesn't do tablets better than other tablets, reading better than other ereaders or browsing better than many <I>phones.</i> What, exactly, then is so polished?
Anyone catch the Lenovo U1 at CES?
Derpa derp.
And <i>advanced</i>.
Know what netbooks can do? Surf the internet and chat with friends at the same time. Know what lots of netbooks have? Cameras for video chat. Know what the iPad can't do? Any advanced functionality at all. Ooh, you can use a bluetooth keyboard! But you can't plug in a USB one without your special adapter. And good luck plugging in a flash drive, too. I can't wait to see the first picture of somebody hooking up a USB hub to the dock adapter.
I cannot logically conclude that this product serves ANY niche admirably.
What exactly is the point of this device?
This question right here sums up everything about the iPad perfectly. Sadly, I don't have an answer.
it's bad to write about devices you don't know...
I am actually writing this AND listening to my music simultaneously
on my iPhone
I don't see why the iPad couldn't do the same.